7. NATO(beginning to present), de-Stalinization and peaceful co-existence-8. Nuclear Arms race(1945-1970)--we focused on quality-Soviets focused on quantity-made enough bombs to destroy the world9. Fidel Castro and the Bay of Pigs--invasion of us cia trained cuban exiles into cuba-tried to kill castro and take over-castro came into power by overthrowing-secrectly recruited troops one year before invasion-April 16th and 17th-unsuccessful-promised cuban exiles that they would have air support-really didn't10. The Cuban Missile Crisis--closest we came to nuclear war-plane saw missiles in cuba-we had missiles in turkey-EX-COMM- Kennedy and advisors try to come up with a solution-put naval blackade up around cuba to prevent more missiles from arriving in cuba-Soviets said they would take the missiles out as long as we didn't invade cuba- we agreed to remove our missiles from Turkey-two leaders- kennedy and Khrushchev11. The Berlin Wall--Going Up and Coming Down-12. Nixon's visit to China-13. 1970's Peace Attempts-Detente, Salt I, Salt II-14. Effects of the Soviet's invasion of Afghanistan-15. Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative(Missile Defense System today)-16. Gorbachev's/Reagan's changing ways-perestroika and glasnost, INF Treaty-17. The fall of Communism and the end of the Cold War-explain how it all went down-18. The new map of Europe(up to present)-19. Why the US won the Cold War-20. Korean Conflict--
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